-phyte
suff.（后缀）
语源
suff.（后缀）
- A plant with a specified character or habitat:
表示“具有某一特定特征或生长地的植物”：
halophyte.
盐土植物 - A pathological growth:
表示“一种病态的生长物”：
osteophyte.
骨赘，骨刺
语源
- From Greek phuton [plant]
源自 希腊语 phuton [植物] - from phuein [to make grow] * see bheuə-
源自 phuein [使生长] *参见 bheuə-
-phyte
combining form in countable noun
indicating a plant of a specified type or habitat
⇒
lithophyte
⇒
thallophyte
Derived Forms
-phytic combining form in adjectiveOrigin
from Greek phuton plant-phyte
1
variant of phyto- as final element of compound words:
lithophyte.
Related Words
- aerophyte
- aulophyte
- autophyte
- bryophyte
- chamaephyte
- charophyte
-phytea word element forming a noun termination meaning 'a growth', 'plant', as in epiphyte, halophyte, lithophyte, osteophyte.
[combining form representing Greek phyton]-phyte
noun combining form
xerophyte
2. pathological outgrowth
osteophyte
noun combining form
ETYMOLOGY International Scientific Vocabulary, from Greek phyton plant
1. plant having a (specified) characteristic or habitatxerophyte
2. pathological outgrowth
osteophyte
-phyte
combining form
- denoting a plant or plant-like organism表示“…植物”, “…生植物”, “…植物状生物体”：
-
epiphyte.
派生词
-phytic combining form
in corresponding adjectives
［用于相应的形容词］。
词源
from Greek phuton 'a plant', from phuein 'come into being'.
-phyte
word-forming element meaning "plant, plant characteristic; planting, growth; abnormal growth," from Greek phyton "plant" (see phyto-).
ORIGIN: formed as phyto-
-phyte
combining form. a growth or plant, as in epiphyte.
[< Greek phytón a plant, shoot < phýein grow, beget]
-phyte
\ˌfīt, usu -īd.+V\ noun combining form
(-s)
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from Greek phyton plant
1. : plant having a (specified) characteristic or habitat
< xerophyte >
< microphyte >
2. : pathological growth
< osteophyte >
1.
< xerophyte >
< microphyte >
2.
< osteophyte >
-phyte
Suffix
(plural -phytes)
- A taxonomic group of plants or algae, e.g. arthrophyte, cyanophyte.
- A plant that grows in a specified habitat, e.g. acrophyte.
- A plant that grows in a specified form or habit, e.g. anthophyte, macrophyte.
- A pathological growth, e.g. osteophyte.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek φυτόν (phutón, “plant”).
Related terms
Derived terms
English words suffixed with -phyte